Derek Jacobi

Personal Info

Birthday

October 22, 1938

(86 years old)

Place of Birth

Leytonstone, London, England, UK

Also Known As

데릭 자코비

デレクジャコビ

درک جاکوبی

Derek Jacobi

Biography

Sir Derek George Jacobi CBE (born 22 October 1938) is an English actor. Jacobi is known for his work at the Royal National Theatre and for his film and television roles. He has received numerous accolades including a BAFTA Award, two Olivier Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and a Tony Award. He was given a knighthood for his services to theatre by Queen Elizabeth II in 1994. Description above from the Wikipedia article Derek Jacobi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Known For

The Sandman

The Amazing World of Gumball

Frasier

Doctor Who

The Crown

Gladiator II

NOVA

Agatha Christie's Marple

Filmography

2025
Juliet & Romeo
as The Friar
2024
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
as Self
Gladiator II
as Gracchus
2023
The Martini Shot
as Errol
Allelujah
as Ambrose
2022
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
as Self
A Bird Flew In
as David
Pearl Islands
as Self
2021
Rhythm of Life
as Self
Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood
as Himself (archive footage)
Say Your Prayers
as Father Enoch
2020
Come Away
as Mr. Brown
The Host
as Dr. Hobson
2019
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi
as Lord Palmerston
Muse
as The Lawyer
Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans
as Claudius
Tolkien
as Professor Joseph Wright
2018
Tomb Raider
as Mr. Yaffe
2017
A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong
as Scrooge
Murder on the Orient Express
as Edward Henry Masterman
Stratton
as Ross
2016
The History of Love
as Leopold Gursky
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
as Mercutio
2015
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
Venom
as Narrator
Cinderella
as King
The Gospel of Luke
as Narrator (voice) – King James Version
2014
Grace of Monaco
as Count Fernando D'Aillieres
Effie Gray
as Travers Twiss
2013
You
as Man
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
as Claudius/Spooner
Muse of Fire
as Self
Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene
as Narrator (voice)
2012
Last Will. & Testament
as Himself
The Halloween Kid
as Narrator
Jail Caesar
as Sulla
2011
My Week with Marilyn
as Sir Owen Morshead
Anonymous
as Prologue
Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)
as Narrator (voice)
There Be Dragons
as Honorio
Ironclad
as Cornhill
National Theatre Live: King Lear
as King Lear
2010
The King's Speech
as Archbishop Cosmo Lang
Hereafter
as Derek Jacobi
Joe Maddison's War
as Mr. Simpson
2009
Margot
as Fred Ashton
Charles Dickens's England
as Himself - Presenter
Diamonds
as Piers Denmont
Endgame
as Rudolph Agnew
Morris: A Life with Bells On
as Quentin Neely
2008
A Bunch of Amateurs
as Nigel Dewberry
Sidney Turtlebaum
as Sidney Turtlebaum
Pompeii and the Roman Villa
as Narrator
Adam Resurrected
as Dr. Nathan Gross
The Ties That Bind Us
as The Master (archive footage)
One of Those Days
as Howard Whittam
2007
The Old Curiosity Shop
as Grandfather
The Golden Compass
as Magisterial Emissary
Guantanamero
as Guido
The Riddle
as The Tramp / Charles Dickens
Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space
as President
Anastezsi
as Balzer
The Art of Francis Bacon
as Derek Jacobi
2006
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
as Narrator
Pinochet in Suburbia
as Senator Augusto Pinochet
Underworld: Evolution
as Alexander Corvinus
2005
Nanny McPhee
as Mr. Wheen
Bye Bye Blackbird
as Lord Dempsey
Strength and Honor: Production Pods
as Self
2004
Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On
as Mr. Operatski (voice)
Strings
as Nezo (voice)
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
as Other Voices (voice)
Cloud Cuckoo Land
as Victor
2003
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self
2002
The Dinosaur Hunters
as Narrator (voice)
Inquisition
as Cardinal Grand Inquisitor
Two Men Went To War
as Maj. Merton
I, Claudius: A Television Epic
as Self
Revengers Tragedy
as The Duke
The Making of 'Gosford Park'
as Self
The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky
as Nijinsky (voice) (as Sir Derek Jacobi)
The Gathering Storm
as Stanley Baldwin
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
as Gracchus (Gladiator) (archive footage)
2001
Gosford Park
as Probert
David Macaulay: Mill Times
as Priam Huntington (voice)
The Body
as Father Lavelle
Revelation
as Librarian
Great Escape: The Untold Story
as Narrator
2000
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
as Various Characters
The Wyvern Mystery
as Squire Fairfield
Wilfred
as Voice
Gladiator
as Gracchus
Up at the Villa
as Lucky Leadbetter
1999
The Chimes
as Narrator
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
as Father Leonor Fousnel
1998
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
as Francis Bacon
Basil
as Father Frederick
Animated Epics: Beowulf
as Narrator ( voice )
1996
Hamlet
as King Claudius
Looking for Richard
as Self - Interviewee
Breaking the Code
as Alan Turing
Witness Against Hitler
as General
1995
Achilles
as Narrator
1994
David Macaulay: Roman City
as Marcus Fabricius (voice)
Aladdin
as The Magician (voice)
1993
Circle of Deceit
as Randal
The Vision Thing
as George Salisbury
1991
Dead Again
as Franklyn Madson
1990
The Fool
as Mr. Frederick / Sir John
Discovering Hamlet
as Himself
1989
Henry V
as Chorus
The Congress
as (voice)
David Macaulay: Pyramid
as Hordedef (voice)
1988
The Tenth Man
as The Imposter
1987
Little Dorrit
as Arthur Clennam
The Secret Garden
as Archibald Craven
1986
On Wings of Fire
as Self
David Macaulay: Cathedral
as Pierre (voice)
1985
The Statue of Liberty
as Self (voice)
Cyrano de Bergerac
as Cyrano de Bergerac
1982
Enigma
as Kurt Limmer
The Secret of NIMH
as Nicodemus (voice)
Stranger in Town
as The Stranger
Inside the Third Reich
as Adolf Hitler
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Dom Claude Frollo
1981
Charlotte
as Daberlohn
1980
The Man Who Went Up in Smoke
as Martin Beck
1979
The Human Factor
as Arthur Davis
1978
Richard II
as King Richard II
The Medusa Touch
as Townley - Publisher
Mysterious Castles of Clay
as Narrator
1977
Philby, Burgess and Maclean
as Guy Burgess
1974
Blue Blood
as Gregory
The Odessa File
as Klaus Wenzer
1973
The Day of the Jackal
as Inspector Caron
1970
Three Sisters
as Andrei
1967
Much Ado About Nothing
as Don John
1965
Othello
as Cassio
Olivier Talks About Othello
as (archive footage)
1962
The Fishing Match
as Eric